Primary schools in Sleaford
16 primary schools in Sleaford, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Sleaford in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Sleaford first 337 times for 336 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lincolnshire authority's 267 schools. One of the 16 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Church Lane Primary School & Nursery, to 0.75 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Church Lane Primary School & Nursery
- Brown's Church of England Primary School
- Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)
- Heckington St Andrew's Church of England School
- Helpringham Primary Academy
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- Rauceby Church of England Primary School
- Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England Academy
- St Botolph's C of E Primary School
- The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary School
- The Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
- The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon
- William Alvey School
- Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington
- Osbournby Primary School
- Billingborough Primary School
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